always thought Glenn Ford was about the fastest movie gunslinger........
The Fastest Gun Alive
Think that title belongs to Hugh OBrian and (Shock) Sammy Davis Jr.
Who was the fastest gun in Hollywood?
Ron Bolza
Slatington, Pennsylvania
Some of the names might surprise you. How about Sammy Davis Jr. and Jerry Lewis?
The first fast draw competition took place at Knott’s Berry Farm in 1954.
Hugh O’Brian claimed his 0.25 of a second was the fastest, but Davis Jr. and Lewis were reportedly faster. O’Brian challenged Audie Murphy to a contest, but when Murphy requested live ammunition, O’Brian wisely declined.
Others who were good at fast draw during the 1950s and 1960s, says Firearms Editor Phil Spangenberger, included Wally “Mr. Peepers” Cox, Hugh Downs (a host of the early Today show), dancer Donald O’Connor, singers Marty Robbins and Frankie Lane, and actors Glenn Ford, Clu Gulager, Ernest Borgnine, Jock Mahoney and Clint Eastwood.
